A Powerful True Story of Justice and Racial Injustice
In the shadow of the civil rights movement, Dovey Roundtree, a trailblazing Black attorney and one of the few women in the legal profession at the time, takes on the case of Raymond Crump, a poor Black laborer accused of murdering Mary Pinchot Meyer—a well-connected socialite, artist, and the alleged secret lover of President John F. Kennedy.
The 1965 Towpath Murder Trial, which unfolded just months after JFK’s assassination, became a flashpoint in American legal history. The prosecution, backed by the U.S. government, presented Crump as the obvious suspect, despite a complete lack of physical evidence tying him to the crime. Against overwhelming odds, Dovey Roundtree saw the case for what it was: a racially motivated attempt to frame an innocent man.
Determined to expose the truth, Roundtree took on the case for just one dollar, pitting herself against the full force of the U.S. Department of Justice. What followed was an electrifying courtroom battle that would test Roundtree’s resolve and ultimately redefine the pursuit of justice for